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Originally Posted by CaddoRose
Once you have taken the child to the dr and have a written paper explaining the diagnosis is nothing then that should be the end of it. Every time she wants the daughter to go again, you should be telling the CW that the mother is acting like a person with Munchhausen by Proxy. The doctor has already taken care of it. End of story.
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Munchausen by Proxy, also known as Factitious Disorder by Proxy, is an extremely serious allegation for a layman to bring against a bio-parent. It sounds like the child's bumps have still not cleared up, and the bio-mom is worried about them. This is not the definition of Munchausen by Proxy.
Most children who have been medically harmed by their parents due to Munchausen by Proxy improve dramatically once they're placed in foster care. This is because the parent no longer has access to the child in order to make him sick.
I would be really careful before advising anybody to make unfounded accusations of this type. Just my two cents for what it's worth. (And, yes, I've taken care of kids in a medical setting who've been made extremely ill due to MBP.)